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Nice to see so much love for the B-Boys, Tribe, De La and P.E. on these lists - that "backpack rap" era of hip-hop from '89-'93 produced some of my favorites:

 

10. The Predator - Ice Cube

9. The Score - Fugees

8. Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys

7. Criminal Minded - KRS-One

6. De La Soul is Dead - De La Soul

5. Illmatic - Nas

4. Ready to Die - Biggie

3. Low End Theory - Tribe Called Quest

2. Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy

1. Stankonia - Outkast

 

To me, Bombs Over Baghdad remains the greatest hip-hop track ever recorded (along with Slick Rick's Children 's Story and Tribe's Scenario). If this were a list of most-influential or iconic albums I'd have to put Dre, Snoop and Tupac in there, but these are the hip-hop albums I look for in jukeboxes first.

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And speaking of bad-ass hip-hop tracks, for those that haven't heard this, it's the new Killer Mike. You may remember him from his verse on Outkast's "The Whole World": "glitter, glisten, gloss, floss, I catch a beat runnin like Randy Moss". That's Killer Mike.

 

Here's his new cut that's got everybody talkin: That's Life.

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10. Black Moon - Warzone

9. M.O.P. - Firing Squad

8. Ol' Dirty Bastard Return to the 36 chambers

7. Leaders of the New School A Future Without a Past...

6. Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth The Main Ingredient

5. Wu Tang Clan - Enter the 36 Chambers

4. Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die

3. Black Star - Black Star

2. The Roots - Illadelp Halflife

1. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

 

also, Craig Mack -Project: Funk da World, DANGERDOOM and Wyclef presents the Carnival... get honorbale mention

 

I pretty much stopped listening to hip hop ~1998-99, but I'll still get into some new stuff.

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10. Dj Danger Mouse- The Grey Album

9. Run DMC- Raising Hell

8. Common- Be

7. Dj Shadow- Endtroducing

6. Nas- Illmatic

5. Dre- Chronic

4. Eminem- Marshall Mathers LP

3. Beastie Boys- Paul's Boutique

2. Kanye West- Late Registration

1. Outkast- Stankonia

 

 

Can you tell I'm a white boy from the suburbs who only recently got into hip hop?

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10. The Predator - Ice Cube

 

The Predator is a fantastic album, the track 'Wicked' is still one of my favorites of all time.

 

6. Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth The Main Ingredient...also, Craig Mack -Project: Funk da World

 

I have been on a Pete Rock binge lately, that man can make some serious magic. also, that Craig Mack album is the shit.

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no way i could narrow it down to 10 without leaving out some faves, also the top 5 or so aren't really in any specific order, too hard to:

 

20. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle

19. Cypress Hill - Black Sunday

18. 2Pac - Me Against the World

17. Common-Like Water For Chocolate

16. Outkast - Aquemini

15. The Roots - Do You Want More?!!?

14. Black On Both Sides - Mos Def

13. Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star

12. Jurassic 5 - Quality Control

11. 3ft High and Rising - De La Soul

10. Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys

9. Wu Tang Clan - Enter the 36 Chambers

8. The Predator - Ice Cube

7. Raising Hell - Run DMC

6. Illmatic - Nas

5. Ice-T - Original Gangster

4. Low End Theory - Tribe Called Quest

3. Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A.

2. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

1. The Chronic - Dr. Dre

 

what can i say, i prefer the old school big time

 

i'm kinda sad i'm the only one who included an Ice-T record :(

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i tried to pick just one of my faves from each artist, and that one is my fave of theirs, sorry ;)

 

i kinda wish i smoked pot back when that record came out now... :lol

 

first one is great tho, and the 3rd was underrated too imo

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i tried to pick just one of my faves from each artist, and that one is my fave of theirs, sorry ;)

 

i kinda wish i smoked pot back when that record came out now... :lol

 

first one is great tho, and the 3rd was underrated too imo

 

:lol

Nothing personal. Just riffing on that line from the first album -- "dont you know I'm loco?"

:cheers

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Anyone have any love for the soundtrack for Juice? So underrated. If I had thought of it, I would have had it in my top 10. Uptown Anthem (Naughty by Nature before they sucked), Nuff Respect (Big Daddy Kane before he sucked), title track (ErikB/Rakim), other tracks by EPMD, Too Short, Cypress Hill (before they got big), etc. There are definitely some clunkers on there, but the good stuff is top notch.

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I'm late to the game on this one....

 

1. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique

2. A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory

3. Digital Underground - Sex Packets

4. Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded

5. Beastie Boys - Check Your Head

6. DAS EFX - Dead Serious

7. RUN DMC - Raising Hell

8. Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet

9. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper

10. Eminem - The Eminem Show

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Anyone have any love for the soundtrack for Juice? So underrated. If I had thought of it, I would have had it in my top 10. Uptown Anthem (Naughty by Nature before they sucked), Nuff Respect (Big Daddy Kane before he sucked), title track (ErikB/Rakim), other tracks by EPMD, Too Short, Cypress Hill (before they got big), etc. There are definitely some clunkers on there, but the good stuff is top notch.

 

Liked the soundtrack...LOVE that movie. Watched it a gazillion times when it first hit HBO.

 

Kyle, there was some fun stuff on that Judgement Night soundtrack...The De La/Teenage Fanclub track is awesome!

 

Pee...DAS EFX...noice.

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That would definitely be in my Top 20. Nice call, Kyle.

 

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